Abstract in weiterer Sprache

„Médias et dynamique du français en Afrique subsaharienne“ was the topic of an international and multidisciplinary conference that was organized by the Chair of Romance and General Linguistics in November of 2013. A selected number of contributions has recently been published in Drescher, Martina (ed.) (2015): Médias et dynamique du français en Afrique subsaharienne. Frankfurt/Main: Peter Lang.
The volume aims to fathom the interface between language(s) and media in sub-Saharan Africa. The authors, specialists in Romance and Media Studies, throw a light on the language and media landscape in a broad variety of francophone countries and regarding numerous media such as newspapers and magazines, sign boards and adverts, comics, radio, TV, theater and the internet. The influence of different media on the language use is addressed from various angles and by resorting to different theoretical and methodological perspectives, taking into consideration political, economic, social and cultural aspects.